Sea Breeze Film Festival announces the lineup of films selected to screen at the 2010 Sea Breeze Film Festival.
July 14, 2010
ST PETERSBURG, FL - Sea Breeze Film Festival announces the lineup of films selected to screen at the 2010 Sea Breeze Film Festival. The Festival will screen feature and short films in a variety of genres including documentary, narrative, animated, horror, comedy, romance, period and foreign.
The 2010 Sea Breeze Film Festival runs July 23 - 25 in Gulfport, FL. The complete list of films is available at :
SeaBreezeFilmFestival.blogspot.com/p/Film-Schedule.html

Film Schedule:

Friday, July 23, 2010
3:00 pm - Homegrown Revolution (Directed by: Jules Dervaes)
Homegrown Revolution is a short informational introduction to a homegrown project that has been called a new revolution in urban sustainability. In the midst of a densely urban setting in downtown Pasadena, radical change is taking root. For over twenty years, the Dervaes family have transformed their home into an urban homestead and a model for sustainable agriculture and urban living. Calling this project, 'Path to Freedom,' the Dervaes Family shows that change is possible.
16 mins - Documentary (USA) 2008 - Florida Premiere

3:00 pm - American Dumpling (Directed by: Eileen Nelson)
Every culture, every family, has its own comfort food, which can be reduced to flour, water and salt, which is basically dough, which is the American dumpling because it is the glue that binds families and society together. Not a cooking show, but rather a look at families and how they relate to each other in the process of making dumplings indigenous to their ethnicity. Along the way, we examine the history of the dumpling, its varied ingredients, the shapes the dumpling takes, the similarities of preparation, cooking and serving. As the intermittent narrator, I describe my journey into the world of flour, water and salt in search of the American dumpling, the changes in my approach as the movie progressed, the problems I encountered, both personal and pertaining to the making of the movie, and the eventual shape of the film.
81 mins - Documentary (USA) 2008 - Florida Premiere

5:00 pm - Mu -emptiness- (Directed by: Ria Ama)
A monk lovingly paints a Phoenix in a mural. The Phoenix, trapped in the mural, wills herself into the world. She is transformed from mythical bird into human woman. Upon her journey she learns lessons of the fragility of life, the certainty of death and the suffering of unquenchable desire.
16 mins - Animation - Student Film, University of Southern California (USA) 2009 - Tampa Bay Premiere

5:00 pm - Salawati (Directed by: Marc X Grigoroff)
“Salawati” is the story of a 12-year-old Singaporean-Malay girl who has just witnessed the death of her older brother. Her life intersects with a group of Indian couriers and a troubled Chinese family, all of whom seem to have played some role the boy’s death. Wati’s mother tries to hold the family together, while her father struggles to control his misdirected anger, even as he seeks refuge in Islam. Simply stated, “Salawati” is a story of survival. It highlights the fragile nature of human relationships and questions our notions of morality, mercy and ultimately, forgiveness.
82 mins - Drama (Singapore) 2008 - Florida Premiere

7:00 pm - 16 to Life (Directed by: Becky Smith)
Kate is a rural American teenager whose angst about sexual inexperience drives a comic quest for love and understanding on a birthday to end all birthdays. Kate’s irreverent fantasies of sexual awakening and guilt, fueled by obsessive reading of books on bizarre subjects (currently the Chinese Cultural Revolution) drive this explosive day. Kate is turning 16 and has never been kissed! Before the clock strikes midnight, Kate will learn more about love than most 16-year-olds could imagine. And Kate will learn what a 16-year-old American girl has in common with a 16-year-old Chinese girl half a world, and a cultural revolution, away.
91 mins - Romantic Comedy (USA) 2008 - Tampa Bay Premiere

9:00 pm - Karaoke (Directed by: Karl Tebbe)
Animation filmmakers usually like to stand behind the camera rather than in front of it. At the age of 14, Karl Tebbe badly wanted to be able to dance like Michael Jackson. But you either have rhythm in your blood or you don't. Now, 22 years later, stop-motionanimation has allowed him to finally fulfill his lifelong dream.
5 mins - Stop Motion Animation/Dance (Germany) 2007 - Tampa Bay Premiere

9:00 pm - Kiss the Abyss (Directed by: Ken Winkler)
When a young woman (Nicole Moore) is brutally killed by an intruder, her husband (Scott Wilson) and estranged father conspire to bring he back from the dead with the help of a mysterious desert dweller (Douglas Bennett). Soon after she awakens, she begins to realize that something is horribly wrong...
87 mins - Horror/Thriller/Supernature (USA) 2009 - Florida Premiere

Saturday, July 24, 2010
3:00 pm - A Just Life (Directed by: Jeff Katz)
Approaching 80, Malcolm Lambert has worked hard to avoid success his entire life, while continuing to fight for what he believes to be right. As Malcolm sees it, his story is a lesson to young men on what not to do, but in reality, he has led a fascinating life of justice. As a former marathon runner, Malcolm took pride in running for different charities. This all changed four years ago when a routine physical unexpectedly left Malcolm without legs, forcing him to rethink his remaining life, and options.
14 mins - Documentary (USA) 2009 - Florida Premiere

3:00pm - Severing the Soul (Directed by: Barbara Klutinis)
Found footage interweaves an account of Rosemary Kennedy’s lobotomy procedure in 1941 with an overview of the psychosurgery movement of the 1930’s-1960’s in the US.
18 mins - Documentary (USA) 2008 - Florida Premiere

3:00pm - Speaker’s Corner: You Have the Right to Remain Vocal (Directed by: Gavin White)
'Speakers Corner: You Have The Right To Remain Vocal' is a 1 hour documentary film that serves as a modern commentary on the origins and fragility of freedoms of speech and assembly. Since 1872, people have gathered at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park to exercise their rights to free speech in all its forms. The filmmaker weaves interviews with park speakers, hecklers, local politicians, historians, linguists and sociologists involved in this modern phenomenon to create a powerful critique of the true nature of democracy in our society.
59 mins - Documentary (UK) 2009 - Tampa Bay Premiere

5:00 pm - Breathtaking (Directed by: Vojin Vasovic)
Breathtaking deals with the theme of power in an unusual way, without looking for its source or further development, placing it into the hands of somebody who would never be able to get it in his real life and even if he would, he could not achieve anything with it. Through an ironical psychological drama interwoven with the Pirandellian opinion on life “nothing is sure and there is no real truth“ we are getting the story; not how we can do more than we thought, but how we can destroy a lot more than we wanted to. - Just a puff...and gone
32 mins - Drama (Serbia) 2009 - Florida Premiere

5:00 pm - Stalker (Directed by: Phil Haine)
When city boy Ben wakes up in the middle of the night, the only thing on his mind is his hangover. But when an unexpected guest leaps out of his shower he discovers that his life is not quite what he thought it was. Revelations follow, and expectations of himself and others are challenged in a surprising wake-up call.
9 mins - Thriller (UK) 2009 - North American Premiere

5:00 pm - Muskrat Boy of Griffith Park (Directed by: Emmy Grinwis)
You think you're lonely? Meet Elsa. She lives alone on the corner of Pineapple and Perishing with a view of the highway and two palm trees. She has no friends, no family, and certainly no lovers, and she can't remember the last time she was physically touched by a human, or any other living creature for that matter. Her life dangles precariously over an abyss and if something doesn't happen soon, she'll fall in and never be heard from again. Then one day she meets Lucas, the strange and scruffy boy from Griffith Park. From that moment forward her life will never be the same.
11 mins - Fantasy/Magical Realism - Student, AFI Directing Workshop for Women (USA) 2009 - Florida Premiere

5:00 pm - Blossom (Directed by: Tess Löwenhardt)
Afanai of 22 is unable to speak for she has aphasia. She feels rejected by society. In response Afanai chooses to retreat into her home. She makes a living selling necklaces through the Internet. Her mailman Jan, who takes her packages to the post office, becomes ill. The new mailman, Sem (26), of course knows nothing of their silent agreement. Afanai tries to ask him to help her. But because of communication problems things become tricky...
26 mins - Romance - Student, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (Netherlands) 2008 - Florida Premiere

5:00 pm - Milkman (Directed by: James Rumsey)
A neurotic voyeur's late night quest for a carton of milk forces him to confront what he's really capable of, what that means for his future, and the girl next door.
15 mins - Surreal/Romance (UK) 2009 - Florida Premiere

7:00 pm - Little Old Ladies (Directed by: John Varvir)
'Little Old Ladies' follows a down-on-his-luck gumshoe, Detective Dansin, who has had nothing but small time cases of missing little old ladies. Until a mysterious, red headed, fem fatal comes in and offers him a job that'll put him back in the big leagues. Detective Dansin quickly finds himself paired up with the local law enforcement, Sheriff Sunflower, trying to solve the case of the 'Magic Master Mind'. Constantly underminded by his partner and ghostly conscience Red the Samurai, Detective Dansin must use all his know-how to solve this crime caper before this criminal and his career get away from him forever. 'Little Old Ladies' is a comedic look at noir using 2D animation.
13 mins - Animation (USA) 2009 - Tampa Bay Premiere

7:00 pm - The Symmetry of Love (Directed by: Aitor Gaizka)
Alex, a young journalist girl, enters in the life of Kyle by chance. He's a seductive architect who doesn't know his ex-wife, Elizabeth, is back in town after the death of her very rich - very old Parisian new husband. Elizabeth takes up her career as a psychologist and she has a new patient: Richard. He is afraid of the way his sexual life with Jane is going. She is a quiet and shy librarian with hidden hobbies, who likes to chat on the internet with Enzo, Kyle's best friend. Richard is paying his therapy with the money he earns as a mariachi chocolate seller in supermarket promotions while he waits for his novels to be published. One of the novels tells the story of his ex-girlfriend Alex...
78 mins - Romantic Comedy (Spain) 2010 - North American Premiere

9:00 pm - 25 Cents (Directed by: Sascha Zimmermann)
Thursday night at a gas station in the middle of nowhere. Tim is pulling a double shift when three girls mug him – their bodies disguised as muppets but without masks to hide their faces. The fact that Tim recognizes one of the girls – Michelle, a former schoolmate of his – makes the situation more complicated and tricky for the other girls...
11 mins - Comedy (Germany) 2008 - US Premiere

9:00 pm - Bite Size (Directed by: Ty Huffer) Douglas Peatry’s life is a routine nothing more than bland. He goes to work every day at a mediocre job, tries to avoid confrontation with his tormenting coworkers, and basks in life’s simple pleasures like fish sticks and his hot tub. All of that changes when two animal rights amateurs uncover a secret government experiment by rescuing a live and dangerous scientific specimen, a shark with a human brain, and dispose of it in the first place they stumble upon: Douglas’s hot tub. Douglas discovers the opportunity for sweet vengeance against all who have wronged him… at one-hundred and one degrees. But how long will it be before reality comes crashing down?
81 mins - Dark Comedy (USA) 2009 - Florida Premiere

Sunday, July 25, 2010
3:00 pm - Henry May Long (Directed by: Ms. Randall Sharp)
Henry May is the self-destrucitve, golden child of a prominent New York family in 1887. Henry Long is a resourceful, terminally ill entrepreneur. Their chance meeting reveals to both men what they have lost to get where they are, what they are willing to risk to get what they want and what they are willing to lose to live.
99 mins - Period/Historical (USA) 2006 - Florida Premiere

5:00 pm - Carried Away (Directed by: Tom Huckabee)
'Carried Away' is about a young man who abducts his paternal grandmother from a nursing home in order to give her a better life and is pursued by his father and brothers. It deals with the issues of caring for the elderly and breaking the cycle of family.
97 mins - Dramedy (USA) 2009 - Florida Premiere

7:00 pm - The Empress (Directed by: Lyle Pisio)
Loneliness, Desire, Love, Hesitation, Miscommunication, Fear, and Loss with a touch of alcoholism for comic relief. Trevor and Martha see each other across a dingy bar and fall in love. The couples shyness is only overcome in a mutual dream where their shadows dance together. Inspired by the song ‘The Empress' by the Montreal band BRIGA, the film is about the first hesitant motions of meeting and the fragility of falling in love.
8 mins - Animation (Canada) 2009 - Tampa Bay Premiere

7:00 pm - As Clouds (Directed by: Jieli Wu)
In summer vacation,one internship who's name is Yu Lan,comes to Ju Shan Middle School, where Yu Lan gets acquainted with young teacher He Yi and Kang Shihu and also the old guard, Mr. Sun. She is arranged to live with Minyan Yang who is living in the school all the time for her family problems.Once during their sports time,Minyan Yang is found having the congenital heart disease, when facing the expensive operation cost,all choose dodge, including Yu Lan who has close relation with Minyan Yang...
103 mins - Drama (China) 2009 - Florida Premiere

9:00 pm - The Nightclub (Directed by: Charlie Bray)
An uneasy young man fails to impress a young woman in a nightclub, but he has a remarkable ability that he intends to use to his advantage. Only the lady is spoken for.
8 mins - Sci-fi/Fantasy - Student, London Film Academy (UK) 2009 - US Premiere

9:00 pm - Nurse Ines (Directed by: Christiane Lilge)
As long as she can remember, Ines has worked as a midwife in her mother's clinic - a clinic that offers the unique service of allowing expectant mothers to decide the exact date they will give birth. In fact, Ines has never set foot outside the clinic. When Ines is invited for a job interview, her secret dream of becoming a flight attendant seems within reach. But her attempt at escape triggers unexpected and bizarre phenomena - doors dissolve in front of her, the ceiling drips and the walls squeeze in on her. Ines finds she's trapped inside the body of her mother who refuses to let her daughter out. Ines battles to escape her organic prison. It's a fight for life.
27 mins - Surreal/Fantasy - Student, German Film and Television Academy Berlin (Germany) 2009 - Florida Premiere

9:00 pm - Vigilante (Directed by: Darren Bolton)
Set in the quiet and idyllic village of Hewson, Vigilante is a dark and satirical mockumentary that follows Pep (Simon Cassidy) one member of a group of villagers set out to eradicate crime and anti social behaviour. This comic yet compelling short interrogates our understanding of crime and punishment and asks ultimately, to what lengths should we, and would we go, to make our community a better place.
12 mins - Crime/Mockumentary (UK) 2008 - US Premiere

9:00 pm - Harmsaga/Dolor (Directed by: Valdimar Jóhannsson)
The film deals with unexpected and unexplainable loss. Due to an accident, the life of a happy family turns into a larger-than-life tragedy. The film is based on a tale retold by Wilhelm Grimm. 13 mins - Drama (Iceland) 2008 - US Premiere

Sea Breeze Film Festival Partners
Gulfport Chamber of Commerce, Gulfport Merchants Association, and the City of Imagination. The Sea Breeze Film Festival has partnered with several local businesses allowing for fantastic discounts during festival dates to film lovers showing proof of Festival participation. Some of our lodging, restaurant and shopping partners include Peg’s Cantina and Brewery, Dominic's Pizzeria, La Cote Basque Winehouse, O'Maddy's Bar and Grill, The Village Pub, Yummy's Casual Cafe, Bo-Tiki, The Peninsula Historic Inn & Spa, and the Sea Breeze Manor Bed and Breakfast.

Sea Breeze Film Festival
The mission of the Sea Breeze Film Festival is to bring independent, international films to the Gulfport and surrounding communites that local film lovers might not otherwise have the opportunity to see while helping filmmakers gain greater exposure for their films.

7:00 pm - As Clouds (Directed by: Jieli Wu)
In summer vacation,one internship who's name is Yu Lan,comes to Ju Shan Middle School, where Yu Lan gets acquainted with young teacher He Yi and Kang Shihu and also the old guard, Mr. Sun. She is arranged to live with Minyan Yang who is living in the school all the time for her family problems.Once during their sports time,Minyan Yang is found having the congenital heart disease, when facing the expensive operation cost,all choose dodge, including Yu Lan who has close relation with Minyan Yang...
103 mins - Drama (China) 2009 - Florida Premiere